Photo
1: A Colourful Wrinkled Dogwinkle (Photo
taken at Open Bay, Quadra Island.)

Wrinkled Dogwinkle:Nucella
lamellosa

Common
Names: Frilled Dogwinkle, Dog whelk, Oyster Drill.

This gastropod
has a highly variable shape and colour.It is a carnivore, feeding
on barnacles and mussels by digging a hole through the shell and
eating the soft flesh inside. These snails gather in breeding congregations
in the spring and then attach masses
of eggs called 'sea oats' to rocks (photo).